Fuck Yeah, Ancient Greece and Rome: The Classical Calendar: August 25:
79 CE
The Elder Pliny dies during the eruption of Vesuvius
Pliny the Elder selfishly died without leaving any contemporary portraits of himself, so we have to depend on this 19th century piece of guess work.
His death, however was quite unselfish. His nephew, the younger Pliny,…
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